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Bathinda Korfball championship: The Government Rajindra College, Bathinda, won the inter-college korfball championship held at the Punjabi University, Patiala, recently. In a press release issued here, Surjeet Singh, head of the Physical Education department of the college, said the college authorities welcomed the winning team. School benches donated: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Pipelines division NRPL Bathinda, donated 40 three-seater benches to the Government Elementary School, Dhadde village, on Wednesday. School kids visit press: Believing that children should not be bound within the four walls of a classrom to gain knowledge, Silver Oaks school here organised field trips for its students. Students of class II visited The Tribune press where they learnt about the printing process, packing and cost of production of the newspaper. They also visited the fire brigade. LKG students had fun at Chetak Park, UKG students visited the deer park at Bir Talab and students of class I visited the OBC bank at court complex and the post- office to enhance their knowledge. Ravinder strikes gold at GZSCET sports meet: On the inaugural day of the 17th annual athletic sports competitions of the Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology (GZSCET), Ravinder Singh won the top position in the 800 metre (men) race held on the college premises here on Thursday. Meanwhile, Shaifali clinched the medal in shotput (women) competition and Deepak Palial stood first in long jump (men) category. Rajindra College annual function on Feb 27: The Government Rajindera College is organising annual prize distribution function on the college premises here on February 27. Giving information, principal Sukhchain Rai Garg said the chief guest of the function would be finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who would distribute prizes to more than 300 students for their achievements in different fields. Jalandhar BSNL broadband lies paralysed:Hundreds of telecom subscribers were facing inconvenience as broadband services of BSNL were lying paralysed in most parts of the Phagwara town for the last 15 days. One BSNL officer on condition of anonymity said telephone cables were being cut by the employees engaged in six laning work of national highways. Meanwhile, the telecom officers could not attend to the problems as it was alleged that they busy in the BSNL
Mela. Best player award:Manpreet Kaur of Kamala Nehru College For Women, Phagwara, won the best player award in ball badminton at Senior National Games held in Andhra Pradesh. Players from various states participated in this event. One killed Bank of India loan :The Bank of India has decided to grant education loan to girls on one per cent less interests than boys, said Deputy General Manager Pawan Bajaj. He disclosed that female students would be provided education loan at 9 per cent interest as compared to 10 per cent for male students.Nawanshahr Tarn
Taran Employees’ dharna: On the call given by the Punjab and UT Employees Joint Action Committee and the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation (PSSF), employees of different departments held a dharna outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner to demand acceptance of their demands. PSSF finance secretary Balkar Valtoha demanded early removal of the anomalies of the Fifth Pay Commission causing great injustice to the employees. The organisations also demanded a raise in the wages of the daily wagers, contractual employees, ASHA workers and aanganwari workers. A memorandum was also submitted to the district authorities regarding the demands. |
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